Plan of the Premises of the Weymouth Iron Company, East Weymouth, Mass. (1851)

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H. Harnden
Plan of the Premises of the Weymouth Iron Company, East Weymouth, Mass.
1851
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Incorporated in 1837, the Weymouth Irons Works was one of the largest manufacturers in Weymouth. As shown by the locations of the buildings on the map, Weymouth’s waterways were crucial to the operation of the Iron Works. By 1884, the company only manufactured nails. The company closed in 1886 after flood damage and increased competition from steel mills around the United States. 

Sources

Nash, Gilbert. Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, from 1622 to 1884. Weymouth Historical Society, 1885.

Pepe, William. “The Weymouth Iron Company, 1837-1886.”  The Metrowest Daily News, 22 November 2016, https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20161122/william-pepe-weymouth-i.... Accessed 4 December 2020.

Sullivan, Debbie Sargent, and Erica Jill Dumont. Weymouth: Then and Now. Arcadia Publishing Inc, 2016.